As a healer, is it my job to DPS? A new perspective.

[Feyona]

I generally agree with you.

At the current content, they're dealing with what sounds like some kind of 'rage timer'



That said, if somebody noticed the healer isn't DPSing, that is 'eye-time' not spent looking at their own actions. That alone will drop their DPS by a good 5-10%... So if you wipe because "the healer wasn't DPSing" it is more likely you wiped because half your DPS were watching the healer's cast bar rather than their own...

I think the only thing that there is to worry about being on a rage timer is the people that go in the farms and want to skip most of the mechanics and rage quit if they dont and, I find that last paragraph quite funny. Seriously though yes there is rage timer, but beats me why everything got to be skipped or rushed. I mean really games can be so boring if they are too easy I have most fun with abit of a challenge. Its sometimes people that spoil the fun with their not so nice attitudes

[Lambdafish]

beats me why everything got to be skipped or rushed.

farm

You answered it yourself. If people are doing repeat runs for loot, the faster/easier the runs, the more runs can be done, its not a very difficult concept to understand. I don't really understand your "its more fun with a bit of challenge" mentality on the subject of farm, challenge is fun when you are clearing the content, but on farm you want to make the fight as a quick and efficient as is within the partys ability.

[Feyona]

You answered it yourself. If people are doing repeat runs for loot, the faster/easier the runs, the more runs can be done, its not a very difficult concept to understand. I don't really understand your "its more fun with a bit of challenge" mentality on the subject of farm, challenge is fun when you are clearing the content, but on farm you want to make the fight as a quick and efficient as is within the partys ability.

The game is the game what you do with it isnt on a timer. You cant just expect to rush through cont to just get a bird. Part of the fun is it being a challenge to get. The only challenge there is patience, and some should exercise more of it instead of joining groups and desserting them all day. and making the rest of the group wait for another member. In your words 'compromise' for the group

[Sebazy]

Eye time? I know when my fellow healer is in cleric stance blindfolded, it has a very distinctive sound upon activation, not to mention the red icon stands out a mile on combat text/buff bars as well.

people that go in the farms and want to skip most of the mechanics and rage quit if they dont and, I find that last paragraph quite funny. Seriously though yes there is rage timer, but beats me why everything got to be skipped or rushed.

Have you already forgotten the entire argument that constituted maybe 80 pages of this thread?

Skipping stuff makes or breaks the majority of pugs on significant chunks of the end game content (aka the current primal Zurvan, A12s and to a lesser extent, A11s, heck, I'd wager that a tiny portion of statics with A12S clears could consistently handle all the final phase mechanics up until enrage). So yes, it does matter. If you don't skip the big bad mechanic, a large portion of the player base simply won't be able to handle it. It really doesn't matter if you prefer it or not, that's just how it is.

[Feyona]

Eye time? I know when my fellow healer is in cleric stance blindfolded, it has a very distinctive sound upon activation, not to mention the red icon stands out a mile on combat text/buff bars as well.



Have you already forgotten the entire argument that constituted maybe 80 pages of this thread?

Skipping stuff makes or breaks the majority of pugs on significant chunks of the end game content (aka the current primal Zurvan, A12s and to a lesser extent, A11s, heck, I'd wager that a tiny portion of statics with A12S clears could consistently handle all the final phase mechanics up until enrage). So yes, it does matter. If you don't skip the big bad mechanic, a large portion of the player base simply won't be able to handle it. It really doesn't matter if you prefer it or not, that's just how it is.

why do you even think I have disputed what youve said about it? You just do it till you improve enough to clear it then dont you? And that is actually the entire premise of the game improving to clear harder and harder content as a team, but wasnt talking about savage where you quoted me. I actually cant wait till you prople get your special instance that you wont be able to clear in a week and who knows you nay even have to improve enough to do it without healer dps cos healing requirements may be higher. Then you may have to stop trying to force it on the rest of us all the time and improve your own class. It may take you months